Teribus--

1) As usual, you're being disingenuous. Name one other country where at least 400 have been killed in the last week in civil conflict (probably the ultimate oxymoron)--in fact the Baghdad morgue puts it at about 1300.

2) Iraq is unique in that the impetus to the brewing civil war was Bush's unnecessary invasion, which he was only able to carry out due to a despicable --(and brilliantly successful)-- propaganda campaign to confuse 11 Sept 2001 attacks, al Queda, and Saddam in the minds of the US public. You have provided absolutely no evidence that the propaganda campaign did not take place-- and there is massive evidence to support it.

Bush's stupid conduct of Iraqi relations has created a situation tailor-made for radical Islam--similar to the successful push in the 1980's by Hezbollah in Lebanon--intriguing column in the Wall St Journal 27 Feb 2006 drawing that parallel.

You are one of a dwindling number of Bush apologists (read: patsies) who both defend the illicit Bush invasion of Iraq and also seem to think Iraq's current problems are just a phase along the road to Western democracy.

"Stay the course"--right onto the shoals.